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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1929
Page
4
Miss Lillian Odom is expected home from Birmingham today after two successful operations. The note adds a light aside about her being the only woman on the Snook jury, joking that summer respite from house hold tasks is not her idea. It also mentions ongoing beer wars in Chicago and gangster activity as a lingering theme.
Friends across the county hope for the sheriff's full recovery after his return from Mot Springs where his health showed improvement. Davis, a highly popular county figure, faced concerns over his illness.
Reports suggest organized inmate networks and underground channels exist in prisons. The increase in jail break attempts in large penitentiaries appears more than rumor and hints at coordinated activity beyond isolated incidents.
Rumors rise over boll weevil presence in North Alabama fields as growers hope to avoid severe infestation this fall and believe this season offers a chance for real financial progress for planters before pest damage.
Decatur Kiwanis members travel to Priceville Friday evening on their annual goodwill mission. The group is recognized for uniting rural and urban county areas and awarded by the state Kiwanis organization for agriculture club work.
Charles G. Dawes ambassador to the Court of St James says he will order the removal of a no smoking sign in the reception room. He criticizes rules that are not observed and suggests eliminating such regulations.
The Decatur curb market shows rising financial importance to local farmers and households. It urges more farmers to capitalize on the market and housewives to attend sessions, aiming to balance supply with demand and build the best curb market in the state.
The Alabama Public Service Commission sent a letter to the Sheffield Chamber of Commerce offering to assist any Alabama city in securing new industrial plants. The issue concerns power rates tied to Firestone Tire and Rubber Company location talks in Muscle Shoals. The commission emphasizes service and cooperation to ease such industrial negotiations statewide.
The Alabama Power Company announces lines into South Limestone County are now hot, delivering urban conveniences to rural life. Farmers anticipate benefits from electric heating, appliances, and devices as homes and farms switch to electric power, with roads improving life and the company pledging to fund the expansion in North Alabama.
The St Louis Robin ended a seventeen and a half day endurance flight after sponsors ordered the plane to land. Critics cited safety and earnings as factors while government officials urged a safe return similar to Lindbergh. The test, though controversial, boosted confidence in modern aircraft performance and aviation publicity.
Tony Sudekum, president of Crescent Amusement Company, pledges upgraded Decatur theaters. The company will install thousands of dollars in new equipment at the Princess to improve sound and picture quality and attract out-of-town visitors with higher standard entertainment.
A Decatur visitor reports the state executive committee is torn over how to handle Democrats who backed the Republican ticket in the fall. The Heflin relationship adds pressure, with fears a primary action could split the party or push Republicans toward supporting Heflin as an independent.
The Alabama Power Company gradually extends its lines into rural sections, improving farm life by increasing comfort and profitability for residents and farmers.
A Daily file recalls America's entry into frontline trenches twelve years ago. Troops were moved into a quiet sector amid official notices and widespread relief in Wash, though a veteran warned the calm would not last, a forecast later proven true by events.
The Decatur Daily presents Mr Brisbane's Gaily editorials while not necessarily agreeing with his views. It offers the sentiments of a leading editorial writer in the country.
A column mixes Hoover era plans with a Boulder Dam workers town proposal to enforce Prohibition, a New York suicide pair in a Seventh Avenue hotel, the Corning Missouri river erosion threat, a Paris scientist critique of cocktails, Ireland born Thomas Sloan’s 116 year life in Oklahoma, and a Wisconsin fish story where the man is pulled into the water but both survive.
Miss Margaret Louise Culver and Miss Frances Davis of Montgomery are the house guests of Miss Margaret Patterson on Sherman Street. Charles Dill returns to Anniston after visiting J D Bush Jr. Misses Dorothy and Mabie Huddleston of Birmingham are guests of Miss Mildred Nebrig on Prospect Drive. Henry Francis Reed of Birmingham is the expected guest of his sister Mrs R J Moseley and Mr Moseley. B Keeler the Atlanta golf writer has traveled over seventy five thousand miles with Bobby Jones and will add more next summer with another tour to Europe.
Washington notes that Vice President Charles Curtis still cooks in his apartment kitchen at a luxury hotel and insists on normal guest treatment. He chooses a side entrance and prefers no staff opening doors or nonstop elevator rides.
Management ejects a guest for advertising sales positions in his room under a no business within hotel rule. After months the street car company removes its stop platform in front of the hotel to ease congestion, a point the hotel had argued affected guests more than riders.
The vice president shares a tenth floor hotel suite with sister and brother in law Mr and Mrs Edward Everett Gann. A portrait sits by a single flower vase in the suite while Mrs Gann tends plants during brief visits to her Cleveland Park garden, drawing photographers to the scene.
The weather bureau records a high of 92 degrees and a low of 70 degrees for today.
The weather bureau reports a light precipitation of .14 inches in the 24 hours ending at 7 am today. The brief note notes the small amount and the time frame of the measurement.
England bans liquor advertisements from telephone books, post office buildings, and stamp book covers. The Postmaster General says ads likely to offend broad public opinion will not be accepted, affecting about $100,000 in annual government revenue. The Post Office controls mails and all phone and telegraph lines.
Hop growers on the Pacific coast plan a cooperative to stabilize prices. Six hundred California acres will not be harvested this year to reduce supply. Oregon reports a surplus of 6 177 bales with about 100 000 bales expected from a 17 382 acre base. California holds 14 000 bales on hand.
The Tennessee river level rose slightly today reaching four feet on the local gauge. Authorities monitor conditions as higher flows may affect nearby low lying areas.
In a health column Dr Royall S Copeland warns that chronic constipation allows fermenting matter and bacteria into the bloodstream, stressing the liver and risking rheumatic and heart disease. He urges proper diet, exercise, sunlight, and outdoor life to protect intestinal muscles and overall health.
A reader asks about eczema and is advised to eat simple food avoiding starches sugar and coffee. The reply suggests sending more information with a self addressed stamped envelope and to repeat the question.
Advice emphasizes feeding infants with mother’s milk or properly modified cow’s milk until solids. If breastfeeding isn’t possible, obtain high grade cow’s milk from a healthy cow, ensure safe handling, and follow doctor or nurse guidance on preparation. cleanliness of hands and utensils is essential for baby health.
A collage of humorous quips and social maxims. The piece riffs on manners and everyday foibles with sly comments about mood, appearance, and modern life, including digs at sentimentality and aging, ending with a note on veterans and polite games.
A dictionary style note explains several terms: to cut or whittle with a knife, the act of inquiring or demanding, the toll for grinding grain, and the grain ground itself. It clarifies meaning for historical readers with concise definitions.
A religious note reflects Paul’s exhortation to the church at Corinth to be united in speech and judgment. It emphasizes God’s grace, Christ’s testimony, and the call to spiritual gifts until the day of Jesus Christ.
Coach Alexander of Georgia Tech has begun preparing for the football season by scowling at newspaper men, a ritual that signals the start of the new campaign.
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